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Biden commutes sentences of 71 people with Georgia cases
13+ hour, 38+ min ago —...President Joe Biden granted clemency Thursday to 1,538 people, including... ...The Georgia connections include Jason Cole Votrobek and Roland Castellanos... ..., Henri Hollis, Caroline Silva, Shaddi Abusaid, Rosie Manins, Vanessa... ...Digital storytelling editor Charles Minshew and staffers Alexis Stevens...
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Georgia lawmakers consider making opioid alternatives more affordable
12+ hour, 38+ min ago —...Sharon Cooper, R-Marietta, who chairs the House Public Health Committee... ...Michelle Au, D-Johns Creek, said she and other members of a special... ...Katie Dempsey, R-Rome, who chaired the study committee.... ...of Public Safety, lawmakers want to lower that prescription rate...
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Herschel Walker strikes Heisman pose during his UGA convocation ceremony
10+ hour, 30+ min ago —...“He came in wanting to learn,” said UGA Assistant Athletic Director... ...Thursday with others in the College of Family and Consumer Sciences... ...Fletcher Page is Athens bureau chief covering northeast Georgia for... ..., recently graduated, and former stars Brock Bowers and Nakobe Dean...
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St. Marys Riverkeeper looks to nature for solutions to climate impacts
13+ hour, 38+ min ago —..., riverkeeper and executive director at the St.... ...Marys Riverkeeper. Credit: St.... ..., executive director and CEO of NFWF, wrote in a press release.... ...With the St. Marys...
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Georgia prisons: The AJC's investigation into corruption, dysfunction and violence
23+ hour, 45+ min ago —...Credit: Ga Dept of Corrections Nov. 4, 2024: Ex-guard sentenced for... ...expose horrific prison conditions Oct. 1, 2024: DOJ finds Georgia... ...Brian Kemp hires consultants to examine troubled Georgia state prison... ...of state prison inmate May 23, 2024: Georgia officials won’t release...
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Jon Ossoff wants a second term in Georgia. He plans to work with Donald Trump
22+ hour, 45+ min ago —...Ossoff told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Wednesday that he... ...He’s voted reliably with President Joe Biden and other Democrats... ..., a political scientist at Oxford College of Emory University.... ...Georgia GOP Chair Josh McKoon said Ossoff’s “almost unanimous lockstep...
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Opinion: Lt. Gov. proposes tax credit changes for child care in Georgia
23+ hour, 45+ min ago —...Brian Kemp leading the way, the Georgia General Assembly has funded... ...Mary Thelma Norris, director of Friendship House Daycare in Dalton... ...Brian Strickland, RâMcDonough, each member of the committee, stakeholders... ...To address this issue, I appointed and prioritized the Senate Study...
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Should Barrow County add more security after school shooting? Ideas due by Friday
23+ hour, 45+ min ago —...(John Spink/AJC) Barrow County parents, students and employees have... ...She previously covered education for The Daytona Beach News-Journal...
ajc.com > news > atlanta-news
Tree company fined in worker’s electrocution
14+ hour ago —...Investigators at the Occupational and Safety Health Administration... ...A federal agency has determined a Powder Springs tree trimming company... ...into law by then-President Richard Nixon.... ...OSHA is a division of the U.S. Department of Labor....
ajc.com > news > georgia-news
Hurricane Helene may have spread invasive eels, snails and more
14+ hour, 9+ min ago —...Credit: Paul Shafland, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation The... ...for invasives to spread, particularly aquatic species, said Ian Pfingsten... ...the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell in the mid-1990s, likely... ...The Georgia Department of Natural Resources said it is aware that...